Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115639

Life Expectancy: Sandwell

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
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Question

Sarah Coombes

LabourWest Bromwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the ONS document entitled Healthy life expectancy, UK: between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024, published on 19 February 2026, whether his Department has assessed the reasons for de

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) at birth for females and males in Sandwell was fairly stable from the beginning of our current consistent data series, 2011 to 2013, up until 2018 to 2020, at which point it peaked temporarily. Since then, the steady decline ...

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